Data policy for the SOCAT public release:

The aim of this first public release of the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) is twofold: 
1.	To provide a new synthesis product for the global carbon community,
2.  To provide an assessment of whether the SOCAT products meet the CO2 research community needs.
 
We kindly ask colleagues: 
1)	To report problems to submit@socat.info

2) To generously acknowledge the contribution of SOCAT PIs, regional group leaders, SOCAT QC-ers and data PIs in the form of invitation to co-authorship, acknowledgement or reference to relevant papers as appropriate.  

3) To cite all SOCAT products as:
	o	Pfeil, B., Olsen, A., Bakker, D.C.E. et al. (2011) A uniform, quality controlled, Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT). Earth System Science Data (in preparation).

4) To cite the gridded SOCAT products as:
	o	Pfeil, B., Olsen, A., Bakker, D.C.E. et al. (2011) A uniform, quality controlled, Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT). Earth System Science Data (in preparation).
	o	Sabine et al. (2011) Gridding of the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT). Earth System Science Data (in preparation).
	
5) Please, to inform submit@socat.info of publications in which SOCAT is used.



An announcement of the SOCAT public release is planned: 
	o	Bakker, D.C.E., Pfeil, B., Olsen, A., Metzl, N., Sabine, C., Hankin, S., Koyuk, H., Malczyk, J., Kozyr, A., Telszewski, M. (2011) The Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas: a new tool for assessing changes in the ocean carbon sink. In preparation for EOS.

For further advice, please, contact any of the SOCAT PIs.